Some
businesses are run by entrepreneurs; people whose insight
and imagination lead to new products, more jobs, and
greater abundance for us all. Others are run by "crony
capitalists;" men who use their connections and
ability to manipulate others to rise high into organizations
they could never have created themselves. (There are
few women because these people rise to the top only
from connections to people like themselves, not ability.)
They use political connections to get profits they could
never get in the market. Left to their own abilities,
many would go bankrupt. More parasite than creator,
they make millions while leaving workers and shareholders
worse off than before. They and their companies are
linked intimately with the Bush administration and the
Radical Right. In fact, Bush and Cheney themselves perfectly
typify this group.

The world of crony capitalists and corporate welfare
"queens" is far too sexist for a woman
to rise high enough to qualify. However, we believe
that if Ann Coulter had made different career choices,
perhaps her portrait would appear here.